Circa 2001-Oct-08 22:29:17 +0100 dixit Mark Hill:
: On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 04:41:37PM -0500, Jason vanRijn Kasper wrote:
: > bash$ :(){ :|:&};:
:
: Wow, that did something weird. But what the hell is it?
It redefines the "do-nothing" command (':') as a recursive function
with no termination condition. Then, it executes your new function for
you.
It'll probably stop when you run out of process table entries or you
have too many open files, whichever comes first.
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